Vocab O Flashcards

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Oblique

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Indirect or evasive; misleading or devious
Synonyms:
GLANCING. SLANTED. TANGENTIAL.

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Officious

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Too helpful; meddlesome
Synonyms:
EAGER. UNWANTED. INTRUSIVE.

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Opine

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To express an opinion
Synonyms:
POINT OUT. VOICE.

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Orotund

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Pompous
Synonyms:
AUREATE. BOMBASTIC. DECLAMATORY. EUPHUISTIC. FLOWERY. GRANDILOQUENT. MAGNILOQUENT. ORATORICAL. OVERBLOWN. SONOROUS.

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Ossify

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To change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern
Synonyms:
SOLIDIFY. INDURATE. PETRIFY.

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Overwrought

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Agitated; overdone
Synonyms:
ELABORATE. EXCITED. NERVOUS. ORNATE.

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